Yam has the effects of nourishing and strengthening, helping digestion, astringing deficient sweating and stopping diarrhea, and is mainly used for treating chronic enteritis such as diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, cough due to lung deficiency, diabetes, short urination, nocturnal emission, women's leukorrhagia and dyspepsia.
Coix seed is cool, sweet and light, and enters the spleen, lung and kidney meridians, and has the effects of diuresis, strengthening the spleen, removing arthralgia, clearing heat and expelling pus.
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Making material
30 grams of Chinese yam, 30 grams of coix seed, lotus seed (heart removed)15g, jujube10g, millet 50 ~100g, and a little sugar.
The above medicines are boiled with millet. When the porridge is cooked, add a little sugar. For stomach cold: yam, which can tonify spleen, replenish qi and nourish yin, has no direct therapeutic effect on stomach cold. Coix seed is not suitable for stomach cold syndrome because it can clear away heat, promote diuresis and strengthen the spleen.
1. Wash yam, lotus seed, coix seed and dried lily, cover with plastic wrap and soak overnight.
2. Pour it into the blender together with the water material, and fully break it into slurry.
3. Pour into the casserole, add two bowls of water, bring the fire to a low heat, add a proper amount of crystal sugar according to the taste, and cook while stirring 10- 15 minutes.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-yam and barley porridge